There are some wonderful movies on youtube.com on the subject. On a quick look, I couldn’t find the one I thought did the most in-depth analysis. But here’s a starter kit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9IQkvXPDes&list=PLRPW3IFnQj1y0Iwbwpw0bLF-Sap7zHaWI
If WW 1 had never happened, Adolph Hitler’s rise to power would never have happened. He used Germany’s defeat and the crushing war reparations from the Treaty of Versaille as a political battering ram in his mad rise to power.
Thanks, I will check it out.